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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
In the case of the PA rollover, what makes it even more interesting is apparently the autopilot system WAS on up to 45 seconds before the crash happened:
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Brilliant! Human lets autopilot drive, autopilot decides to take a break, which means no one is driving.
Don't know about you folks (and of course IANAL), but it seems to me that having autopilot turn itself off without some way of positively determining that the human is in control is about as major a product liability issue as you could get - short of the software deciding that its all too much and choosing to commit suicide by ramming a bridge abutment :-)
Tesla may be able to dodge some liability because so far it's only been occupants of the car that have been hurt or killed, but sooner or later there'll be third parties involved.